"I am God."

This is a discussion on "I am God." within the A Brief History of Cprogramming.com forums, part of the Community Boards category; So, that whole Maryland Sniper issue is real creepy, aint it?
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20021009/D7MI42S83.html
You know, if I lived in Maryland, I ...

"I am God."

You know, if I lived in Maryland, I would probably be afraid to
go outside. The sniper's a nut; he's picking his targets at random...
Killed a lady reading a book on a bench, killed someone who was
mowing their lawn, killed someone vacuuming out their van.

I doubt this guy will get caught soon.

Jeez, is this going to be a yearly occurance from now on? It was
only a year ago that people were getting murdered by anthrax;
now a sniper.

I bet he'll get caught sooner than you think. He's thriving on the attention and the feeling of power. The "I am God" note was an indicator of this. To me the note says that he now wants people to recognize his power etc. as the coverage gets bigger and bigger he'll leave more and more notes etc like this. There will probably be at least one or 2 more killings unfortunatly, but I think he'll start makin mistakes in his drive to be recognized...

Oh and I'd be afraid to...though i don't think I'd let it effect my every day life to much, atleast to protect myself, not my style.

Your right, people do. As we carry on day to day, there are people who thrive on trying to disturb our norm. As this guy has demonstrated, some people let this happen. The way i see it, the norm is what you make it. You can die at any moment, of anything, why limit your life in fear of a threat that has always been there, always existed, just never been exposed?

New fears and turn outs will expose themselves as time goes on, fear is natural. When we, as a nation, lose the ability to be shocked, scared, and amazed, will we not have ceased to live? Are these not factors that keep life , well life? Are we to become a nation who needs no censor because we fear everything or nothing at all??

There will always be a weaker who feels the need to shake things up. We should not fear the newly exposed, but adjust as a nation so that we may effectivly carry on and carry out justice.